Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colour

/kˈʌlɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: colour
IPA: /kˈʌlɚ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

verb

Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

Example Sentences

"Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. Add a bit of white miso, lemon juice, truffle oil, chives: survey your wreckage, which will be the wrong colour (cream with a hint of grey) and the wrong consistency (gluey)."

Usage

Inflected Forms

colours (plural) color (alternative, US) colours (present, singular) colouring (participle, present) coloured (participle, past) coloured (past)

Derived Forms

anticolour becolour bicolour bodycolour colourability colourable colourably colourant colourate colourbearer colourblind colourbound

Phrases

accidental colour baulk colour brass-colour child of colour colour bar colour-blind colour centre colour charge

Frequently Paired Words

colourimeter

Synonyms

color semblance gloss coloring colouring coloration colouration vividness

Rhymes With

color muller duller multicolor discolor culler tuller noncolor stuller mcculler mccullar tullar

Questions

How do you pronounce colour?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌlɚ/.
What does colour mean?: Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.

How to pronounce colour

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